For Both Genders
- Skinny pants - skinny enough to require zippers at the foot. 80's, anyone?
- Black - all over, but very few in all black. It's often paired with beige.
- Tourist shirts - tees with place names on. Or maybe those are tourists advertising where they're from. The most popular is Venezia.
- Scarves - it's warm, but they don't care. Not heavy ones, usually, but there are a lot of them out there.
- Punk/Goth - hair and clothes. And I've decided, goth is WAY worse than punk.
- Strong glasses - forget function, they are like huge "hey, look at me" signs. And honestly - given the overwhelming amount of beauty at street-level, who can blame them?
- Leggings - under shorts, skirts, or dresses... most popular seems to be a short jersey dress with them
- Shoes - some heels, a lot of flats (mostly ballerina with some sandals), an unfortunate number of those "in-between" almost heels, and almost no strappy heels, which I think is just a crying shame
- Blousy shirts - lots of really loose, flowing shirts, pretty frequently gathered at the hip
- Bags - big, big, big. Lots of leather, but lots of canvas, too. Colors aren't out of control, which is good since most of them are large enough to hold a small car.
- Low back pockets in jeans - jury is still out on this one... some of them can pull it off. At least they don't seem to be going with the patch pockets that looked like they were coming in last year. Hmmmm.... how can I make my bum look bigger?
- Big earings - I kind of like them
- Layered tanks - usually with white on top, which looks great with those tans
- Brit-rock hair. It would like like they slept in it, if it wasn't so pretty
- Vans - the retro, low-top, slip-on, checkerboard ones
- Thin argyle sweaters. They're not just ugly, they don't keep you warm. They are especially popular with the chav/idiot set.
- Boat shoes - yep, I'm not even joking
- Heavy metal shirts - mostly Iron Maiden, it seems
- Facial hair - just like ABBA
15 comments:
If we had gone to the same high school (and been in the same class), you would have been my co-titleist in the Senior Superlatives for "Most Opinionated".
But you'd win yours for fashion and fussiness. I won mine for being the only Conservative in Honours Government. How's that for a gender switch?
I'm not fussy. I'm precise. But if I was in your class, there would have been two conservatives in the Honours Government.
your a good observer! I couln't agree more..except for that part about facial hair :p hmm
Great photos at delamont.com by the way!
Cheers!
Darryl, I'm sorry, but I forget what boat shoes are, and there's nobody here to ask.?.?.
Darryl's Mom: boat shoes are frequently worn on...boats. White rubber soles don't leave marks on the white deck. Usually canvas on top with leather lacing all the way 'round. The Nordics are big sailors and I guess they invented these shoes. (I come from a sailing family: the men like their boat shoes.)
Give Baby A a snuggle for me and read her a Dr. Seuss ABC book if you can find one. Rumour has it she likes the Fiffer Feffer Feff.
Darryl: Precise? You and my boat-shoe-wearing dad. Only we call him "meticulous." I rest my case.
So glad to hear I wouldn't have had to face the liberal thugs alone in Government had you been there. As it was... (sniff) I'm marked for life.
On the subject of shoes...now why are strappy heels so much more appealing? Just curious. Do you know how much pain bad strappies can cause a woman?
p.s. I forgot - boat shoes are also often leather... with the leather lacing around... still have canvas ones too. Anyway sailors like them also b/c you can get wet with them from the waves and it's no big deal. Kinda the precursor to flip flops... but more stable.
Hey, Litto - thanks! I'll be able to edit my Stockholm ones when I get home next week and get them online... it will be interesting to see what you think of how I see your city!
Mom, you can see the classic boat-shoe look here: http://www.wissotatrader.com/assets/ product_images/wt06602713l.jpg (you'll need to paste it into your bbrowser and remove the space... I just added it to be sure it would fit in the page width. I only know about them in leather, which could be related to the fact that no in where I saw them (Calgary) actually uses them for sailing, so there's not much point in going with canvas.
Anonymous, I don't think I'm meticulous, honestly. I mean, I'm not obsessed about my stuff (keeping everything in its original packaging every time I put it away), with the possible exception of my kitchen knives. I think I'm pretty easy to cook with, which is what I take as the acid test for rigidity. Could be wrong. Maybe I should ask your dad.
Why are strappy heels more appealing? That's a tough question, as most are that are purely a matter of taste. There are two answers.
The first: I like them more.
Maybe the second will be more what you're looking for, though: I think the main reason is that they can be so much lighter, visually, than covered shoes. Part of the same reason that a stiletto heel looks so much better than a big chunky one... the purpose is to elongate the leg, not to drag your eye down to the concrete block at the end of it.
With jeans, I guess, the only benefit is that if a woman has nice feet, they're visible. But with a dress, if the shoes are too big (or too dark - that's just as bad), they just don't balance properly.
Who would have ever dreamed that I'd learn so much about shoes from Darryl's blog? So what about the woman who has had 3 back surgeries, going on to the 4th, who can only wear flats. Are boat shoes the way to go, or are they only to be worn when sailing, which I could also not do because of my back problems. Strappies or Stilettos? I only wish... or maybe I should say your Dad only wishes...
You get an exemption.
[busting up with laughter]
Score one for Darryl's Mom. Or maybe five.
Thank you, anonymous. Darryl did tell me to feel free to put comments up on his blog. He may change his mind...
Nah. It's a blogger's dream. I'd love to get these comic "conversations" on my blog... but my readers are far more anonymous than I, and I usually hear what they think via the grapevine or personally.
Anyhow that was your funniest blog comment ever. Maybe Darryl takes after you ...
p.s. I think I misunderstood what Darryl meant by 'strappy shoes'... I was thinking the backstrap around the heel... he seems to have been thinking "strappy anywhere" vs. solid all 'round...in which case I completely agree with him. :)
AND - let me settle this - there's a big difference between "rigidity" and "fussiness"... thankfully. You and Dad are far from rigid... but fussy about amusing details... yes. :) And with knife storage, exhibiting good fashion, hanging pictures straight, keeping up a routine for the little chick and keeping things in their place (except for that odd item hanging in the guest washroom for months - HA!)...all well and good.
Comments are good. I like them.
Fussy about amusing details... yeah, probably guilty as charged on that one. Oh well!
Forever I will remember and quote you saying, "I'm not fussy. I'm PRECISE."
hahahahaha
Actually I think it's a result of our fun combination of NFJ. We've got all these values that are really important to us, including our creative/artistic bent... and we value structure and routine and things being a certain way. But it's not necessarily based on anything objective. It's just... fussy and particular to us. Which is part of our charm.
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